The presentation of Eagles of Death Metal culminated in a massacre

The last thing figured the more than 1500 fans Eagles of Death Metal Friday night, was that the theater hall Le Bataclan would become a tragedy. The American rock band was performing on stage of the famous Parisian theater when there was one of the unfortunate attacks in the French capital, on Friday 13 November.

According to statements by survivors spectators, the concert was in full swing when they began to hear shots. "They fired against the mass, it was a slaughter, it was all full of blood," were the words of Julien Pierce, a reporter for a television station in the city that was covering the event the night of the attack that shocked the world .

At least 100 fans of the band died during the tragedy as reported by news agencies such as AFP and AP. The rest of the attendees were kept hostage until authorities were present and were able to neutralize four of the terrorists who, with their faces uncovered and firing Kalashnikov rifles type, turned the concert hall into a morgue.

Minutes after the attack, news portals and followers of the group began to speculate on the whereabouts of the musicians. In the Facebook profile of the group a disturbing message appeared: "We are still trying to determine the safety and whereabouts of all our band and the people who work in the show Our thoughts are with everyone involved in this tragic situation. . " Hours later, the wife of drummer Julian Doro told the Washington Post that the musicians had managed to escape the slaughter and that they were safe.

The Californian band immediately returned to the United States, thus canceling its outstanding tour of Europe that included presentations in the cities of Barcelona and Madrid on 8 and 9 December respectively. Meanwhile, the band U2 also canceled concerts planned for this weekend in Paris Accor Hotels Arena.

It should be noted that this fact is constituted as the succession of a series of unfortunate events that occurred in both Western countries and the Middle East, as was the case with the attacks gestated on Thursday 12 November in Beirut, Lebanon's capital, which they have claimed the lives of a large number of civilians and innocent.